compromise
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“Mediators are said to be pushing for a compromise on outstanding issues including the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s nuclear enrichment program,” the analysts say in a research report.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
And so Luna and Leger Fernández essentially brokered that compromise.
From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026
We’re more than willing to compromise on the precise nature by which that occurs.
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
De Benedictis-Kessner said that process could yield some sort of compromise rather than a total rent freeze.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
He carried code names, passwords, and secret identities in his head, afraid that storing them anywhere else might compromise his agents.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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